6th minute: Queensland penalised for offside after the Morris run, and Todd Carney nails the kick.

NSW 2, Queensland 0

13th minute: Brett Morris burrows over from dummy half to score despite the attention of Thaiday.

Carney kicks sideline conversion.

NSW 8, Queensland 0

18th minute: Back-rower Corey Parker gets an offload away despite having two defenders on him, and the Maroons move the ball quickly to the left through Johnathan Thurston for Darius Boyd to score out wide.

20th minute: Thurston misses conversion

NSW 8, Queensland 4

33rd minute: Thurston makes a 40m break before backing up No.1 Greg Inglis to score near the posts.

Thurston converts

Queensland 10, NSW 8

35th minute: Queensland centre Justin Hodges shows and goes, before splitting the NSW defence from 10m out to score near the posts.